Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6 - 7. Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 9002). Pelvic fins united into moderate-sized double sucking-disc, posterior half with fleshy margin (Ref. 9002). Color variable, usually plain greenish to dusky brown, often with numerous small dark spots (Ref. 9002).

Common Names

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Smooth-snout clingfish , English , Australia

Smoothsnout clingfish , English , Australia

光吻拟姥鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

光吻擬姥魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Aspasmogaster

Species: Aspasmogaster liorhynchus Briggs, 1955

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Indo-Pacific: Western Australia to Tasmania and New South Wales, Australia.

Biology

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Occurs in shallow coastal reefs, usually in ledges with sea urchins (Ref. 9002).

Habitat

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associated